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Karius and Baktus

By Thorbjørn Egner
Animation by Ivo Caprino

June 2, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

On Children

by Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

June 1, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

Children

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Come to me, O ye children!
For I hear you at your play,
And the questions that perplexed me
Have vanished quite away.

Ye open the eastern windows,
That look towards the sun,
Where thoughts are singing swallows
And the brooks of morning run.

In your hearts are the birds and the sunshine,
In your thoughts the brooklet’s flow,
But in mine is the wind of Autumn
And the first fall of the snow.

Ah! what would the world be to us
If the children were no more?
We should dread the desert behind us
Worse than the dark before.

What the leaves are to the forest,
With light and air for food,
Ere their sweet and tender juices
Have been hardened into wood, –

That to the world are children;
Through them it feels the glow
Of a brighter and sunnier climate
Than reaches the trunks below.

Come to me, O ye children!
And whisper in my ear
What the birds and the winds are singing
In your sunny atmosphere.

For what are all our contrivings,
And the wisdom of our books,
When compared with your caresses,
And the gladness of your looks?

Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For ye are living poems,
And all the rest are dead.

June 1, 2013 at 5:25 am Leave a comment

The Kitten

kitten
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May 18, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

The Guppy

by Ogden Nash

Whales have calves,
Cats have kittens,
Bears have cubs,
Bats have bittens,
Swans have cygnets,
Seals have puppies,
But guppies just have little guppies.

May 12, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

A Visit to William Blake’s Inn

A Visit to William Blake's Inn Vintage Illustrated Verses for Innocent and Experienced Travelers

May 2, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

Maytime Magic

by Mabel Watts

A little seed
For me to sow…

A little earth
To make it grow…

A little hole,
A little pat…

A little wish,
And that is that.

A little sun,
A little shower…

A little while,
And then… a flower!

May 1, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

A Dog and a Cat

A dog and a cat went out together,
To see some friends just out of town;
Said the cat to the dog,
“What d’ye think of the weather?”
“I think, Ma’am, the rain will come down.”

“But don’t be alarmed,
For I’ve an umbrella
That will shelter us both,”
Said this amiable fellow.

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April 29, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

Flying Carp Kite

Flying Carp Kite
A paper carp kite activity

Head and Tail Fish Pattern

Visual Instructions

Koinobori Song

April 28, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

Sakura Sakura

sakura sakura
noyama mo sato mo
mi-watasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
asahi ni niou
sakura sakura
hana zakari

sakura sakura
yayoi no sora wa
mi-watasu kagiri
kasumi ka kumo ka
nioi zo izuru
izaya izaya
mini yukan
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April 23, 2013 at 8:25 pm Leave a comment

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